Louis Almeras

Louis Almeras (15 March 1768-7 January 1828) was a general of France during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Of humble origin, he died after his war service of wounds and hard service.

Biography
Almeras was born in the town of Vienne in Isere, France, in 1768 of the humblest origin. During the French Revolutionary Wars he distinguished himself under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy and Egypt, and was made a General of the French Army under his command. During the Peninsular War he fought as the commander of a French field army on the eastern coast of Spain, building an army out of troops from Perpignan. In November-December 1812 he laid siege to Barcelona, a Spanish city, but his army was defeated and Almeras was wounded. He was captured by Russians in the retreat from Moscow during the Russian Campaign, but returned to France after the fall of Napoleon and was made Chevalier of St. Louis and in 1823 the Governor of Bordeaux. He died of wounds and hard service in 1828.